Mattress



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v MATTRES S kFiled Feb. 1, 1946 INVENTOR.

LESTER W. WARNER v BY A T7' ORNE Y Patented Feb. 22, 1949 UNI-TED STATESPATE OFFICE' Lester W. VJarner, Miami, Fla.v

Application February 1, 1946, Serial No. 644,756

v 2 Claims. y 1

The invention relates to mattresses for beds, andmorer particularly to areversible mattress having two sleeping surfaces, one of which is ofconventional form, and the other is provided adjacent the head endthereof with one or more indentations for receiving one or more llersections and/or pillows or the likey the indentation or indentationspreferably terminating short of the end of the mattress, whereby whenthe mattress is reversed so that the normal sleeping surface ispresented the head end will be fully supported. The hollowed out portionor portions may be provided'with one or more filler sections, preferablymade of material similar to that oi which the mattress is composed,whereby the height of the pillow may be adjusted as desired.

An object of this vinvention` iste provide means for obtaining theadvantages of sleeping without a pillow by furnishing a mattress withhollowed out places,l or indentations, sunken places or pits in whichpillows may be placed so that a soft surface may be provided for thehead at any desired level by enabling the pillow to be lowered to thelevel of the mattress or above or below it as desired.

As all forms oi mattresses are too hard for the head to rest in comfortthereon this method will enable users to retain the pillow and stillenjoy the advantages that come from sleeping without pillows.

The advantages of sleeping without a pillow, or with a pillow whichenables the user to rest the head on a level with the mattress, aremany. Better circulation in the eyes, ears, sinuses, scalp and all partsof the head is provided, thereby aiding eyesight, hearing, andpreventing sinus diseases and loss of hair due to poor circulation.Beauticians everywhere advocate lowering the head every day as a greataid to greater beauty because of better complexions, brighter eyes andmore lustrous hair because oi better circulation. The bending of theneck, caused by the use of pillows, is believed to be the greatest causeof wrinkling of the skin of the neck, as weil as cansing deformities ofthe upper chest, and is thereby apossible contributing cause oftuberculosis and other chest diseases.

Only a few people have the fortitude to sleep without a pillow, with thehead resting en a mattress. This invention will enable the user to havecomfort at any height desired. Sleeping without a pillow also aids inkeeping the spine f straight one of the most .mportant elements .vofgoodhealth.

` Foam rubber mattresses may be moulded, lef-aya ing indentation's of adepth in which one or more sections of varying thicknesses may be placedas desired. These sections, of any desired thickness according tothenumber desired, Aand or the standard size of pillows, or of any shapeor size found to be most suitable for pillows, may be used to ll theindentation as desired:`

Innerspring mattress pillow pits may be forned by omitting coils to formthe-inf Tufted and tuftless mattress 'g be formed by omitting cotton crfelt lining; or layers thereof.

Single size and baby mattresses, as well as larger` sizes, may have onlyone pillow pit.

In the event it is desu-oi that indentation be left open and without reiiceable sections, the mattress may be reversed or turned over so as notto interfere with normal use of mattress when indentations are not inuse. Y

Mattresses with pillow pits may be adjusted to the desired height by theinsertion or with; drawal of one or more sections which willrai'se orlower the pillow to the desired height.

By replacing all the sections in the pillow pit the surface of themattress will be normal and level, and used as though no pillowindentations existed; thus the mattress may be utilized for raising orlowering the pillow, or not, as desired.

In its simplest form the pillow pit will have only one removablesection, this section being shaped like a pillow or as nearly like apillow or of a shape that will best accommodate a pillow. This removablesection may be lifted out to make room for the pillow or be replaced atwill. When replaced the surface of the mattress will be smooth.

This invention is particularly valuable to babies. Most mattresses, ofvarying degrees of hardness, actually tend to flatten the backs ofbabies heads. To provide a soft place for babies heads at mattress levelappears desirable.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which are set forth by way of illustrationspecic embodiments of the inventive thought.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a mattress having a pair of pillowshaped indentations formed therein;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same through one of theindentations, showing the indentation provided with ller sections and apillow at the top;

Fig. 3 is a similar view but with the ller sections completely lling thedepression; and

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View showing a modication in which anindentation adapted to receive a single filler section is disclosed.

Referring to the drawings, reference numeral III denotes a mattresspreferably formed of foam or sponge' rubber having parallel sleepingsurfaces II and I2 on opposite faces thereof. As shown, one sleepingsurface I l is unindented as in a normal mattressh whereasthe otherksurface I2 is provided with a pair of indentations I3 at the head endthereof which, when the mattress is formed of foam or sponge rubber, maybe moulded in the mattress during the formation thereof.

In accordance with .my invention the indentations may be lled to anydesired level with one or more ller sections I4, which may be formed ofthe saine material as the mattress,- as for example, foam or spongerubber. These sections are adapted to interflt one with another and thetopmost section isV adapted to receive -a pillow I5 which maybe adjustedto any desired heightV by the use of a desirednumber of ller sections.Where desi-red the pillow I5 may be omitted in caseJthetsleeper wishesto sleep on a hard surface, in which event the ller sections will extendYto the' level of the'surface I2 of the mattress, as

in Fig. 3.

Obviously the 'indentations maybe of any desiredshape or depth, and inits simplest form shown'in Fig. :4,ithe indentation Il!a will be of a-depthito receive a single fillersection Illa which may be removed andreplaced by a pillow.

It vwillbe obvious that where it is desired to use the mattress intheordinary manner' the ller sections may be removed from the indentationsand theplain surface II may be'placed uppermost. In such event theportion or portions I6 below theihollowed out portion or portions I3will be more ilexiblethan usual by reason of such 'hollowed outvportionson the opposite sides, and Athe flexible portion I6 can then serve thepurpose of apillowf While the invention has been particularly describedwith reference to foam rubber mattresses it will be obvious that theinvention may be adapted to mattresses of any sort, as will be apparentto those `skilled in the art.

Various modiiications and variations will be apparent to those skilledin the art.

I claim:

l. A mattress made principally of sponge rubbei' and having anindentation of substantial size in one face near one end, and removablesponge rubber filler sections each `substantially fitting theindentation, a plurality of the filler sections when placed one on topof the other substantially completely filling the indentation or partlylling it, according to the number used, and thereby providing anadjustable head-supporting surface,

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein a sponge rubber pillow ofthe approximate size of the indentation is placed on top of the pile offiller sections within the indentation.

LESTER W. WARNER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofl record the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 929,449 Klimowicz et al. July 27,1909 965,637 Klimowicz et al. July 26, 1910 1,543,728 Milan Aug. 4, 19252,192,601 Mattison Mar. 5, 1940 2,207,095 Hutchinson July 9, 19402,244,435 Simons .June 3, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Y Country Date662,744 Germany July 20, 1938

